United States Senate Committee on Armed Services

According to the Standing Rules of the United States Senate, all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials, and other matters relating to the following subjects are referred to the Armed Services Committee: • Aeronautical and space activities pertaining to or primarily associated with the development of weapons systems or military operations. • Common defense. • Department of Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, generally. • Maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal, including administration, sanitation, and government of the Canal Zone. • Military research and development. • National security aspects of nuclear energy. • Naval petroleum reserves, except those in Alaska. • Pay, promotion, retirement, and other benefits and privileges of members of the Armed Forces, including overseas education of civilian and military dependents. • Selective service system. • Strategic and critical materials necessary for the common defense. ==Members, 119th Congress==

Committee on Military Affairs, 1816–1947 Committee on Naval Affairs, 1816–1947 Committee on Armed Services, 1947–present ==Historical committee rosters==

111th Congress Source: ;Subcommittees 112th Congress Source: ;Subcommittees 113th Congress Source: ;Subcommittees 114th Congress 115th Congress 116th Congress 117th Congress Source: 118th Congress ==See also==